Streamjack 1.0

Streamjack 1.0 ($19.95 for one year) is a great service for people who are tired of maintaining vast music libraries on multiple PCs. The Streamjack site lets you store all your MP3, WMA, and Real files on one PC and listen to them from any location.

Streamjack provides a simple client that runs on a host PC (the PC with all of your MP3s). You specify where files are located and the service analyzes your library and uploads track information to Streamjack's site. You can then log on to Streamjack from any computer and view your catalog, select tracks and albums to listen to, and even create playlists.

The one catch with Streamjack is that if your host system is behind a firewall, you need to open a portpreferably port 81. This was no problem on our test home network, but good luck getting your system administrator to do the same on your corporate network. And since the service requires an always-on connection, the open port poses a potential security hazard.